WHY BITCOIN AND CRYPTO WILL BE PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD MUCH LATER?  

Crypto assets and Bitcoin, in particular, gained a public image of being a simple-minded Internet coin, used by gamers and gamblers. Later, when finance moved in and big money rolled into the markets, BTC was seen as a model for financial trickery, a Ponzi scheme, or merely an investment fad.

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